wbjournal.com | October 17, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 3
Editor, Brad Kane,
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Staff Writers
Timothy Doyle
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higher education)
Kevin Koczwara
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(Manufacturing, energy & environment))
Contributors
Giselle Rivera-Flores, Laura Finaldi,
Monica Benevides, Alan Earls, Susan
Shalhoub, Livia Gershon
Photgraphers
Matt Wright, Edd Cote
Research Director,
Stephanie Meagher,
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Research Assistant, Heide Martin,
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Production Director, Kira Beaudoin,
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Art Director, Mitchell Hayes,
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Senior Accounts Manager
Christine Juetten,
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Senior Special Accounts Manager
Mary Lynn Bosiak,
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Marketing & Events Manager
Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com
COO, Mary Rogers,
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Accountant, Sara Ward,
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Account Receivable Specialist,
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Operations Assistant,
Leah Allen, lallen@nebusinessmedia.com
Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton
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Associate Publisher, Mark Murray
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President, Tom Curtin
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Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
E
ach page of Worcester
Business Journal is full
of lessons for running
your business. We have
stories about companies
and people who have
succeeded or failed, and advice columns
directly from professionals who work
successfully in Central Massachusetts.
As editor of WBJ for the past seven
years, I've read every piece of content
that has appeared in these pages over
that timespan, and I take all this
guidance to heart. is has informed
how I run the newsroom, what stories
we choose to pursue, and how I interact
with other people in the business
community. While there are lessons to
be learned in everything, the truly great
advice are the ones I take home with
me, to shape how I live my life and the
wisdom I impart to my daughters and
my sons.
Every year, I'm blessed to be able
to interact with some of the top
professionals in our marketplace, oen
through the handful of awards we
hand out. For this edition, this is the
Outstanding Women in Business honors,
which start on page 13. rough these
awards, we recognize leaders in their
fields who not only set the standard for
professionalism and achievement, but
are people who have had to overcome
biases and particularly poignant
obstacles.
When WBJ asked the nine winners
of this year's Outstanding Women in
Business Awards for their advice to
women in the workforce, their responses
– while detailed and varied – boiled
down to two things: persistence and
support. eir keys to the paths of
success are having the determination to
overcome and the network of people to
support those efforts.
is is, of course, not the only
lesson you'll learn from these high-
achieving professionals. Others include
how to build that support network,
balance work and family life, be a top
contributor to your community, follow
your passion, raise others up, and learn
to speak German quickly.
Each one of these winners is a gold
mine in how to improve your business
and your life. I've been fortunate enough
to have already heard and heeded the
wisdom they impart. You will be made
better, too, as you read what they have to
say.
– Brad Kane, editor
Lessons from nine outstanding women
N E W S & A N A LY S I S
4 Central Mass. In Brief
5
Worcester 300 trivia
13 Focus on Outstanding Women
in Business
27 The List: Woman-owned businesses
28 Know How
29 Column: Outside the Box
31 Movers & Shakers
33 Opinion
34 Shop Talk: AAFCPAs
6 Playing by their own rules
The new Worcester eatery Wooden Bar is
embracing a minimalist approach as the
restaurant industry adjusts to
post-pandemic life.
8 Making Clinton a better Clinton
Business and government leaders work
to bring people and companies to Clinton's
downtown.
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